Total 3 Manager failure analysis engineer job vacancies in Science / R&D / Research category

Job Title: R&D Failure Analysis Manager (ID1708)
Location: Pioneer, transport pick up Singapore
Working Hours: Mon to Fri 8:30am – 17:30pm
Salary: $5000 - $8800
Benefit: 12 days Annual Leave, AWS and Variable Bonus

Job Description
• Team Leadership: Manage and mentor a specialized team of FA engineers; oversee lab
operations, including equipment maintenance and safety protocols.
• Root Cause Investigation: Lead deep-dive investigations into media defects such as protrusions, pits, scratches, lubricant migration, and corrosion including their impact on drive-level reliability.
• Advanced Diagnostics: Oversee the use of high-end analytical tools to characterize defects at the atomic and magnetic levels.
• Cross-Functional Synergy: Partner with Media Process Development teams to correlate FA findings with process variables. Also act as technical bridge between Media teams and HDD Integration/Customer Quality teams.
• Strategic Reporting: Translate complex microscopic and chemical data into actionable executive summaries to drive both media and HDD yield improvement and product roadmaps.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Manage engineers in utilizing techniques to characterize hardware, define methods and new technologies and apply them to characterize hardware, and/or perform hardware characterization on extremely complex systems for entire range of products for division

• Interact with key customers to resolve extremely complex process engineering issues to address customers High Value Problems (HVP) for an entire range of products for the division

• Ensures effective product/technology demonstrations

• Manages experimental tests, evaluates results and escalates critical technology issues to management

• Determines product process specifications and equipment strengths, weakness and area of developmental opportunity

• Leads collaboration efforts with executive managers and junior managers to ensure strategic execution

• Leads market share improvement efforts

Requirements:

• PhD or Master in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or Physics or related field

• Research focus in semiconductor would be an added advantage

• At least 5 years of experiences in supervisory or management capacity

• At least 10 years of relevant experiences in thin film process development field

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence internally and externally, including senior management

• Problem-solver attitude with determination and quality-mindset management

Work Location:

• Fusionopolis

Key Responsibilities

• Engages with customers at a working level to solve High Value Problems affecting customer's ability to achieve technology milestones.  

• Manages small GPS team or program providing highly visible customer support through the performance of on-site installation, as well as any necessary diagnoses, troubleshooting, service, and repair of complex equipment and systems. 

• Ensure legacy corrective actions and Lessons Learned are captured in New Products design intent.   Contribute to the FMECA process. 

• Align with Global Technical Training (GTT) on overall training plans for new products, train the trainers.

• Participate in Engineering Design Reviews

• Develop new procedures and Best Known Methods (BKMs) to service new products.

• Partner with Quality & Reliability (Q&R) group to review and address Top Field Issues

• Drive resolution of key issues with Engineering.  Own beta site test plans and reporting

Requirements:

• PhD/ Master's/ Bachelor’s degree in Engineering; semiconductor or equipment background preferred.

• 8+ years in product support or field engineering with leadership experience.

• Strong troubleshooting and root‑cause analysis skills for complex equipment.

• Experience with NPI, FMECA, design reviews, and beta site testing.

• Ability to develop procedures/BKMs and drive resolution of top field issues.

• Effective customer communicator and cross‑functional collaborator.

Work Location:

• Fusionopolis